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Show x?Mtikl dnpedBQEdcy' Holds Bacti : -. By BUIXeltrla Political expediency" appar-ently appar-ently U the only thing holding beck ' regulations by flyweya in migratory waterfowl. This was the feeling among duck hunters, commissioners and conservationists con-servationists at a meeting of the western migratory bird conference being held at the Newhouse hotel in conjunction with the conference of western state game and fish commissioners. .-The west is being discriminated against in migratory waterfowl," declared Eugene Bennett, San Francisco attorney who is acting chairman of the conference. "We do not have the drastic conditions here that prevail in other parts of the nation. We feel that flyway regulation is sound in principle, and is good conservation, whether, hunting probably will never again be like it was in the past. "We must adjust the regulations to - recognize the tremendous increase in-crease in hunting pressure and the constant decrease in environment as agriculture and modern civilization civiliza-tion take more and more marsh, lands and suitable habitat away from the- birds," Pay said. "I firmly believe, however, that if we keep constantly before us the fundamental principles of waterfowl water-fowl management, if we can preserve pre-serve these areas that are now productive pro-ductive from destruction by the inroads of other uses, if we restore every bit of marsh that can be restored, re-stored, and if we keep the bag limits and the take by hunters at the level which modern conditions can accommodate, we can insure that the great sport of waterfowl hunting will be preserved for future fu-ture generations.b ' ' ' -Other speakers Thursday morning morn-ing were Seth Gordon, Pennsyl-vanla Pennsyl-vanla state fish and game director. and Cf N.'West Colorado director. , Both spoke on the Important of good public relations, and the lnv portance of giving the public correct cor-rect data on hunting and fishing conditions, - v. "Our Job now," said Gordon, "is to' get the general public to understand under-stand that our work.no longer con- I (ists solely of . catching violators, restocking game and killing predators. preda-tors. The public must iearn that we .need - more complete research' Information to do better regulatory " and development Jobs: that lnv proved wildlife habitats are badly f needed to assure maximum crops; -and that if we do not set aside ami; , dedicate to wildlife enough suitable suit-able land and water in every state, i this nation faces the danger of ! losing one of Its most important , basic natural resources." Feast pointed to the necessity of getting information out at the "grass roots" through newspapers, films for clubs and schools and lectures lec-tures by experts. . we here get to shoot more or fewer birds." ' . An attempt will be made Thursday Thurs-day and Friday to get all of the western states together on one recommendation, which then will be placed before the U. S, fish and wildlife service In a concerted effort ef-fort to have the- flyway principle of regulation put in effect I Duck hunters In this area felt all last year that the cut in the limit and the shortened season both were too drastic. While duck populations popu-lations In other areas of the nation did fall off tremendously, it was rather obvious that in the western states there were as many or more ducks as in previous years. i Bills are now before congress calling for flyway regulations, -but according to those at the conference, confer-ence, the heavy concentration - of congressional votes In the east and midwest may block the passage, Regulation by fiyways would allow a greater limit in one area of the nation than in another, while at present the regulations are the same the country over. ' I Meanwhile, at a general session Thursday morning, Albert M. Day, director of the U. S. fish and wildlife wild-life service, was explaining the principles ' of waterfowl management manage-ment and pointing out that duck |
